FSN 132 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Ashurnasirpal Ii, Lion Gate, Apadana
19 Apr 2016
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Life became more settled; developed writing, irrigation to manage droughts/floods. Most constant artistic/religious presence in neolithic religions was female deity w/ her spouse. ); jericho skulls wore clay masks to resemble their living self. ; largest neolithic settlement, most developed, but preliterate. City was planned without streets; travelled over rooftops (for defense?) Land between tigris and euphrates, so accessible for trade/invasion. Neolithic period ended 4500-4000 b. c. , followed by urbanization and first big temples for gods. Cone mosaics decorated some temples; invented pottery wheel & metalworking. Polytheistic; gods created people from clay; images of gods were inhabited by them. Protoliterate period, when earliest stages of writing developed (like prototype) Alabaster vase to to goddess inanna with 4 registers (levels) Legs/head in profile, torsos turned slightly, eyes frontal. Artistic conventions seen in white marble female head: eyebrows meet over nose, organic face. Example of load-bearing construction; people built artificial mountains to get closer to gods.
